Chapter 105: If you use your son to beat me, when will you be able to repay the money you owe to your family? Xuanzang has been defeated again!
Author: Xiao Lanyi
Chapter 105: If you use your son to beat me, when will you be able to repay the money you owe to your family? Xuanzang has been defeated again!
Zhang Yong knelt in Qinzheng Hall.
"How is the integration going?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"I would like to report to your Majesty that my slaves have sorted out the Chief of Ceremonies, and now the eunuchs in the Chief of Ceremonies are completely obedient to the Emperor."
Zhang Yong said some beautiful words: "I have invited the emperor to invite Liang Fang to be the eunuch of the Jin Dynasty. Please clean up my skills. I don't study much about the classics and understand some memorials, so I need Liang Fang's help."
"Liang Fang's qualifications make her a eunuch, how can she convince the public?"
Zhu Qiyu said: "Let him be a clerk and be your secretary. It takes a little bit of qualifications to convince the public. If he accepts you as his godfather, you can't give him all the good things. The dog can't be fed. Do you understand?"
Zhang Yong was stunned and quickly kowtowed to thank him.
What the emperor means is that the way to control a donkey is to hang a carrot in front of the donkey so that it can see it but not eat it.
"Has the eunuch who oversees the factory arrived?" Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao.
"Go back to your Majesty and wait outside the door."
The economic factory is on the edge of the moat, and is closer to the Qianqing Palace than the Director of Ceremonies. However, the Director of Ceremonies is moving, and some important items are being transported into the palace, so Zhang Yong came faster.
"Xuan come in!"
Soon, two eunuchs walked in timidly.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Lu Tian kowtowed respectfully.
"Is this a book printed by the economics factory?" Zhu Qiyu threw it on the ground.
As soon as the wind from the book blew, and when he saw the blurred ink marks, Lu Tian knew it was a factory copy, and he said so with trepidation.
"Is the factory short of ink? Or is it lack of engraving?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
Lu Tian was so frightened that he couldn't even say no.
"Then why is it printed like this?"
Seeing that Lu Tian kept pleading guilty, Zhu Qiyu suddenly shouted: "Answer!"
"Qi, Qi, please report to your Majesty. Yes, the people below were negligent." Lu Tian shied away from responsibility.
"The people below were negligent? I think it was you who was negligent!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly became angry: "Someone, drag him out and beat him! Beat him until he tells the truth!"
Lu Tian asked for mercy, but the eunuch Wan Gong gagged him and dragged him down.
Hearing Lu Tian's screams, Tong Yin shivered non-stop.
"You said, what's the reason?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
Tong Yin didn't hear it, so Zhang Yong came over and slapped him.
Tong Yin finally came back to his senses: "Hui, if I tell you the emperor, it's because the slaves and other servants have not been supervised well. Please punish me!"
There is someone who tells the truth.
"Is it poor supervision, or is it lining your own pockets?"
Zhu Qiyu took out the book printed by the Longyou Merchant Gang and threw it on the ground reluctantly: "Look, the Longyou Merchant's book is made of fine materials and clear ink, but the price is only half of the original copy! It's hard to find a copy on the market! "
"Tong Yin, tell me, where did the money from the factory go?"
"Why are such bad books printed? I'm embarrassed to say this is a book!"
Tong Yin trembled all over, hearing Lu Tian's screams in his ears, and said in horror: "This slave has reported me, and I have been corrupted by Eunuch Lu!"
He was smart and put the blame on Lu Tian.
"I think it's not Lu Tian who is being raped, but the entire economics factory who is being raped!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly shouted: "You are not a good person either! You have a share!"
"It is decreed that the eunuchs above the managerial level must hand over five hundred thousand taels of silver within three days to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the corruption of ink will be stopped. If you fail to pay it, I will kill you, starting with Tong Yin! Kill the entire scriptures. factory!"
"Did you hear that?"
Tong Yin's body trembled again, and he knelt down in fear: "I obey your order."
"With immediate effect, the factory has been shut down and the craftsmen have dispersed and entered the Chaoyang Engraving Factory."
Zhu Qiyu breathed a sigh of relief: "Tong Yin, for the time being, you will supervise the factory."
Tong Yin was stunned, but he didn't expect that he would be a blessing in disguise.
"Don't be too happy too early. Five hundred thousand taels of silver, not even a copper penny less!"
"Also, print this book for me. If the cost exceeds that of Longyou Booksellers, or is not as beautiful as the books they produce, I will pluck your head off!"
"Did you hear that?"
When Zhu Qiyu yelled at him, Tong Yin shivered and kowtowed to say he understood.
"In three days, I will send new craftsmen to the factory and take charge of them. If any eunuch bullies the newcomers and reports them to me, I will also pick off your dog's head!"
"I understand, I understand!" Tong Yin shivered.
But at this moment, Wan Gong came in and reported: "Your Majesty, I have run out of energy."
Wan Gong, one of the eight bearers, was Zhu Qiyu's trusted eunuch.
It's about Lu Tian, the eunuch who oversees the factory.
"Throw away the mass graves, don't pollute the good land, and raid the houses in the east factory."
Zhu Qiyu told Tong Yin to go away, and then looked at Zhang Yong: "I will also give you three days. This ceremonial supervisor must be used by me, do you hear me?"
Zhang Yong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and repeatedly said he knew.
The emperor is killing chickens to scare monkeys.
He lied, and the emperor saw through it. He didn't completely rectify the ceremonial supervisor at all, he just said nice words to coax the emperor.
The emperor knew it well and beat the eunuch to death without any surgery on him. He was warning him to behave obediently and repay him honestly. If there is a next time, it will be you, Zhang Yong, who will be killed with a stick.
"Go down." Zhu Qiyu was very dissatisfied with Zhang Yong's speed.
"return!"
When Zhang Yong walked to the door, Zhu Qiyu spoke again: "The silver is not for Dongchang. After counting, it will be returned to the palace."
"My slave understands." Zhang Yong twitched the corner of his mouth. The current emperor seems to have an eye for money, and he only knows money, money, money.
"Wan Gong, I plan to send you to the Arms Bureau. Can you be responsible?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
Wan Gong's eyes lit up, the emperor was finally willing to let him out!
In fact, he has served the emperor for more than three years, and he made great contributions in the night of seizing the door, so the emperor trusted him and asked him to be a bearer and protect the emperor personally.
"This slave will definitely keep an eye on the weapons bureau for the emperor!" Wan Gong understood the emperor's thoughts.
"Well, although the Ordnance Bureau no longer produces firearms, it is still an important place for weapons. Weapons and armor still need the efforts of the Ordnance Bureau."
"How important the Ordnance Bureau is, I won't go into details. You should know it very well."
Zhu Qiyu warned: "Now that the Arms Bureau has been cleaned by me, it is just a blank piece of paper. You can choose a few eunuchs from the Qianqing Palace to be your assistants, and promote talented people from the craftsmen to serve as officials and fight with the soldiers."
The situation is the same, I can use it all."
"Wan Gong, I will hand over the weapons bureau to you. I hope you will not obey my wishes!"
"The servants must follow the instructions of the emperor, use craftsmen to manage craftsmen, develop equipment, and live up to the favor of the emperor!" Wan Gong can be clearly understood.
His biggest weakness is that he is illiterate, but he is cautious and lacks exploration.
"Let's put up the frame first. In a few days, I'll personally meet with the craftsmen. If there are any important matters, I'll give them face-to-face instructions."
"Servant, you obey the order!" Wan Gong first went to Qianqing Palace to select people, then brought the craftsmen to the New Ordnance Bureau, and then started to rectify it.
After dismissing Wan Gong, Zhu Qiyu began to review the memorial.
Today's stickers include commas and periods.
The corners of Zhu Qiyu's lips raised: "Not bad."
…
Time passed slowly in a few days.
Hu Xi closed the door to thank guests, and felt anxious every day. The money handed over by the officials in Beijing was not much.
Some even handed over cloth, pepper and other items.
He really had a headache, and he couldn't say more, otherwise he would be regarded as the emperor's lackey by the officials. How could he be a pillar minister?
"Father, if I were my son, I would just kill a few of them, and the others would naturally pay their dues."
Hu Xi sneered, laughing at his father's indecisiveness.
That day, he was overjoyed when he heard the imperial edict from the palace that His Majesty ordered the sons of ministers to enter the palace. However, his timid father stopped him and refused to leave the palace.
Let’s take Zhu Kai as an example. Zhu Kai lost his arm, but Shuntian Prefecture still ignores him.
"Is my son a fool like Zhu Kai?"
Hu Wei's face was full of disdain: "Your Majesty has the intention to be a holy king, he is simple and frugal, and he can listen to advice. Isn't this the rare saint king in the book who comes to the court in a century? Why did my father join those idiots to go against your Majesty? "
"You don't understand." Hu Hu rolled his eyes. You have never experienced the Yongle Dynasty. You are a veteran who has experienced the Yongle Dynasty. Let's see who is willing to let His Majesty become Emperor Taizong!
"It's not that my son doesn't understand, he's just fighting for power and gain. It's human nature."
Hu Xiu dismissed it: "The son advised his father not to plan affairs with those fools. In the eyes of the son, the princes in the court are just like the young master who cooks wine with his father and talks about heroes. The others are all fools! Short-sighted , not worth mentioning!”
The ministers are right, Taizu and Taizong cast too great a shadow on the civil and military officials.
Everyone was worried that these two emperors would appear again, but it happened to be this one again, so the officials were shocked.
Hu Bi said he didn't understand.
"Father, please let your son understand that his son is willing to enter the palace to serve the monarch and do things for the country and the people. If the son is wrong, the son is willing to kill him at the neck and die for questioning. This is what the son wants in his heart!" Hu Wei knelt down. On the ground.
"No!" Hu Xi's face darkened, and he said in front of his old father, damn it, do you want to piss him off to death?
When he was young, he traveled abroad and neglected his virtuous wife at home. He got a son when he was old, especially this youngest son. He was only born when he was more than fifty years old. He was actually a bastard, but he raised him as his legitimate son, so he naturally regarded him as a treasure.
"Then how will father deal with His Majesty?"
Hu Wei raised his head and looked at his father: "Your Majesty also said that he would let the bastard son of the family enter the palace and be trained by your Majesty himself. Since the son cannot inherit the family business, he has a headache after reading the books of sages, and if he fails in the imperial examination, why not become a star in the future? Idle person?"
"Did you fail the imperial examination? From that day on, can you take a look at the sages' books? You entered the palace with all your thoughts. My son, the palace is quiet and deep. Yu'er has already entered the palace. I heard that he is serving in Qianqing Palace. You Do you think your father should have to worry about you again?" Hu Hui sighed.
"Father, when my son enters the palace, he happens to be taking care of Yu'er."
Hu Xuan said with a smile: "Think about it, His Majesty ordered the daughters of hundreds of officials to enter the palace. Yu'er is innocent and will be bullied in the palace. Besides, these rich ladies were alone in the palace, but now that all the brothers in the family have entered the palace, they will be bullied." We have care and Yu'er is the only one who doesn't, so wouldn't you be more worried?"
Hu Xi's face turned dark. How could a granddaughter be as important as a son?
Moreover, this son is not an economical person. He is afraid that Hu Xiu will become His Majesty’s sword and attack civil servants!
When the time comes, what will Hu Hui look like as the leader of civil servants?
But this kid has given up his intention to leave, and I'm afraid he really can't stop him.
"Father, my son will come again tomorrow to pay his respects and ask his father if he agrees with his entry into the palace?" Hu Xi persisted.
"well!"
Hu Xi sighed, took down the memorial he was writing from the case, and handed it to his son.
"Gyeonggi has been hit by disasters for many years and has a lot of taxes and servitudes, which are even worse than those in other counties. For example, the firewood collectors in charge of the firewood department have a heavy workload, and the comprador shops in Guanglu Temple have been refusing to pay for it for a long time. The people are already in dire straits, and they think that firewood is a disease of the people.
The local people also hope to reduce labor service for husbands and save money for compradors."
"The people of the capital are extremely tired. Isn't it wrong that we now use the transportation service to protect the counties and other counties?"
Hu Xiu read it quickly, with a sneer on his lips: "Father wants to use labor as a slave to drain his family's money? It's too childish."
"How do you say that?" Hu Xi remained calm.
"Your Majesty will scold Hu Hui for being incompetent after reading this. Do you still need to report such a trivial matter to your Majesty?"
Hu Xi sneered: "If your son becomes the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, you can directly abolish the service of Chai Fu and buy him with money."
"Where did the money come from?" Hu Hui asked him.
Hu Xiu smiled, a very cruel smile.
Hu Bi trembled all over, this devil incarnate!
"Son, if dad lets you go out, you will definitely die in the ghost world and be in disgrace for thousands of years!" Hu Hui burst into tears like rain.
“It’s not bad for a man to remain infamy for eternity!”
Hu Xiu showed an evil smile: "My son will distribute the gentry's money to farmers; he will divide the gentry's land equally among the world!"
Plop!
Hu Xi sat on the ground and cried loudly: "I have prepared a coffin for you, waiting to collect your body. Go ahead and enter the palace!"
"Hahaha, my son is joking with his father!"
Hu Xiu laughed proudly and helped his father up: "My son is not an idiot. He is a gentleman and a gentleman. My son is a scholar. How can he distribute his land to the poor? Isn't that self-destruction?"
"The human heart is never satisfied, and there is never justice in this world."
"Life is destined for all this. Of course, my son will not dig up his own roots. He is not a fool."
"If your son is the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture and can do military service and buy a double career plan, the money will of course come from the internal funds. Anyway, Your Majesty has money and will not spend it in vain."
"Abolish some of the husband's labor and let the firewood pay a fixed amount of firewood every day, and spend money to buy the extra wood, so as to balance people's hearts."
After listening to Hu Xi's words, Hu Xi nodded slightly, which sounded like a human saying.
"If you say this, I will feel relieved. Go and enter the palace. Serve the king and take care of Yu'er. You don't have to worry about the family. I am in good health. Your brother will fulfill his duties and will not cause trouble. You can rest assured in the palace.
Serve."
Hu Bi gave some instructions and sent his son away.
Hu Xi entered the palace.
The person who entered the palace with him was Li Xian's second son Li Jie.
"I heard that your sister is married to a male descendant?" Zhu Qiyu asked Li Jie.
Li Jie's younger sister, who is ten years old this year, is engaged to be married to Kong Hongxu, the 60th generation Shenggong Yan, who is also ten years old this year.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. This marriage was engaged years ago and has not yet been reported to the palace." Li Jie said cautiously.
"Is it because you don't have time to report good luck, or do you look down on me as the emperor?" Zhu Qiyu said in a faint tone.
"Wansheng would definitely not dare to do so, and the Li family would not dare to do so! Wansheng's father is loyal to His Majesty, and I beg Your Majesty for your enlightenment!"
Li Jie kowtowed: "I beg your Majesty to marry my youngest sister. If your Majesty is dissatisfied with Yan Shenggong, you can choose another good match. Everything is up to your Majesty! The Li family has no objection!"
Before Li Jie entered the palace, his father Li Xian had repeatedly warned him that everything must go smoothly, and if he showed any disrespect, his father would prepare a coffin for him.
Li Xian wanted to kill his son to repay the sage, which made Li Jie cry. In your heart, your son seems to be inferior to a dog.
"That's all, it's settled, why should I be such a wicked person?"
Zhu Qiyu was quite satisfied with Li Jie's attitude: "Where is Kong Hongxu?"
"Not in Beijing."
"When Najib is waiting, he will also be ordered to enter the palace. I will teach him. I will teach him." Zhu Qiyu said calmly.
Li Jie didn't dare to say anything because he was His Majesty on one side and Duke Xian on the other, so he couldn't afford to offend him.
"Young Master Shengxian has to meet His Majesty to teach you. This is the legacy of a saint!"
Hu Xiu, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
Zhu Qiyu had long heard about the Qilin son of the Hu family, but Hu Xi protected him closely and did not allow him to serve in the palace.
"Hu Xi, are you not afraid of the scholars' Tumo Xingzi?" Zhu Qiyu was surprised.
"The literati's spitting can't kill people, but your majesty's sword can kill people. I know the importance of it." Hu Xi admitted frankly that he was flattering.
This made Zhu Qiyu laugh and chat a few more words.
Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with Hu Xiu. He was aggressive, ruthless, and good at catering, so he was suitable for making swords.
But Li Jie was not even a little bit behind. He didn't have Li Xian's knowledge, and he didn't have Hu Xi's quick thinking. He was really a mediocre talent.
Li Xian's eldest son Li Zhang is also doing nothing. I really don't know why Li Xian and I are arguing.
"Is everyone here almost here?"
Zhu Qiyu stood up: "Let's go and have a look with me."
Outside the Fengtian Hall, there were hundreds of people standing bustling, most of them were young men from powerful families. Although they were dressed like dogs, they all had an aura of makeup and powder.
But there are also some who are simply dressed. These are the branches of powerful families. They don't get much light in ordinary times, but they will definitely be there when the clan is killed.
Logically speaking, these unlucky guys have no chance to stand out.
Zhu Qiyu specifically mentioned that he allowed them to join the palace as bodyguards because he actually valued the merits of these people.
He doesn't begrudge titles, he only wants talents.
Take a look at it.
Zhu Zhen, Liu Chengkuan and others were among them.
Wang Fu, Zhan Zhong, Lei Tong and others were also ordered to the palace.
"Your Majesty, the flag guard has been reorganized!" Guo Jing knelt on the ground, looking neither sad nor happy.
Today Zhu Qiyu issued an edict to Chen Shao, and Guo Jing escorted him.
Guo Jing is Guo Deng's cousin, and his grandfather is Wudinghou Guo Ying. He has been a guard in the palace for many years. The Guo family has more than a dozen people guarding the palace, and the others have no talents.
But Guo Jing is not bad, and Zhu Qiyu has been in school for more than two months. He is capable and willing to be a green leaf. He is a useful talent.
Therefore, he was promoted to be the flag bearer and commander.
"That's right. From now on, the flag bearer guard and the other four guards will take turns in the palace."
Among the other imperial guards, Zhu Qiyu is not yet at ease.
Zhu Qiyu stood on the steps and said loudly: "Everyone, your fathers and ancestors are all in the court, serving me! Be loyal to the Ming Dynasty!"
"You are also heroes, you shouldn't be doing nothing at home!"
"I will make an exception and show mercy and let you enter the palace to guard the palace."
"Firstly, to hone your abilities so that you can use them for the country as soon as possible; secondly, as war is raging in Xuanzhen and the results are ominous, I need you to serve the country in advance!"
"But don't worry. If you hold a military position, you can also take part in the imperial examination. I have no restrictions!"
"I want to put the imperial guards into your hands, let you practice your skills, and make you familiar with the army! One day, you can ride in Mobei for me!"
Zhu Qiyu said loudly.
Hundreds of people in the square all knelt down to thank him.
"Not counting the Jinyi Guards and other six guards, there are twenty guards in total. The original commanders were all incompetent, so I dismissed them all."
"I intend to let you and others act as commanders temporarily, temporarily for thousands of households, temporarily for hundreds of households, all of them temporarily, the capable ones will take over, and the weak ones will be eliminated!"
"If you want to be a commander, take a step forward!"
There are also newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, such as Chen Hu, Liu Chengqing, Liang Chuan, Fang Yi, etc. who have taken a step forward.
Aren’t these all his people!
They are both legitimate sons, which shows that Liang Yuan and Fang Ying are completely loyal.
Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied.
But Liu Pu is a bit resigned to the wind. He is obviously a die-hard loyalist of Zhu Qizhen, so why did he blatantly fall to me? Is he worthy of the Supreme Emperor?
It is really cruel to send all the five sons in the family to the palace, as well as the daughter of the family.
"Okay, those who stand up will be in groups of two and let them command from left to right!"
"I will give you one month. After one month, twenty guards will compete. The winner will continue to serve as the commander, and the loser will step down to make way for someone better!"
“But victory or defeat is not determined in one go!”
"I will give you a total of three months. If you win three times, you will be the commander. Don't underestimate this commander. I plan to lead the guards on the battlefield!"
"The twenty-six guards above are all disciples of the Emperor, and they are all my confidants!"
"It is an honor to serve as a commander!"
Zhu Qiyu was worried that they did not understand military affairs and would give blind orders in the guard station, causing major problems.
Therefore, we set up left and right commanders to check each other.
"For the others who haven't come forward, I don't think you are cowards!"
"I'm here to read the names, and those who come to me will stand up!"
Zhu Qiyu read the names according to the list.
Directly appointed, the sons of these courtiers were appointed from the rank of commander to the temporary deputy of thousands of households.
In order to increase the difficulty, he demoted the commanders of the original guard station to Baihu, Qianhu to general banner, and Baihu to small banner.
Look at these sons of court officials, who has the ability to integrate the guards!
"After three months, I want to see the actual results. The combat effectiveness of the guard station is number one!"
"The capable ones go up, the weak ones go down!"
"Those commanders who were kicked down also have a chance to come up again. I only look at abilities and nothing else!"
"Three months later, the commanders of the Twenty Guards, Thousand Households, Hundred Households, etc. will be fully appointed!"
"After your appointment, I will give you time to practice, eliminate soldiers, and replace armaments. I agreed in advance. I want to see your abilities!"
"Can it be done?"
Zhu Qiyu drank loudly.
"Wei Chen (late student) obeys the order." The voice was sporadic and there was no fighting spirit at all.
Zhu Qiyu gave him some gentle words before sending him away.
Led by Guo Jing, they were asked to familiarize themselves with each guard before going to each guard for training.
It was quiet for several days.
Zhu Qiyu was in the Military Aircraft Department every day, reviewing memorials and getting along with the officials of the Military Aircraft Department.
On this day, it was morning.
The cabinet presented Hu Guangjie's memorial, and the Fengtian Palace was filled with joy.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Zhen's memorial and raised the corners of his mouth: "Huguang has been pacified well. I originally planned to use the wealth and goods from the pigeons to resettle the refugees in Huguang."
"As a result, Jin Yiwei was lonely copying and didn't copy anything."
"I have issued an order for Li Zhen to integrate the palace guards. Why is it not mentioned in the memorial?"
As soon as these words came out, the originally warm atmosphere suddenly solidified.
"Your Majesty, I believe that General Li reported good news but not bad news because the integration was not good. Most of the guards are relatives in law. How could he be willing to be controlled by the Beijing camp?" Lin Cong said bluntly.
The people in the court were very excited, and they all made suggestions, asking Li Zhen to use the method of thunderbolt.
"The rectification is not good!"
Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand, and Feng Xiao presented a memorial from the box, which Zhu Qiyu asked to pass on.
Yiyi Qing submitted another memorial, accusing Ning Fan of being illegal.
What really annoyed Zhu Qiyu was that Zhu Mianpei and Longhushan had close contacts.
"Has the imperial edict to go to Longhu Mountain been sent?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"If we go back to the emperor, judging by the distance, we should be there."
"Why hasn't Zhang Yuanji, the Celestial Master of Celestial Master Dao, entered the capital yet?"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes turned cold: "Pass the decree, Li Zhen, Chen You, lead the army to Nanchang, Jiangxi, without entering the capital, integrate the Nanchang Guard, and listen to my imperial edict at any time!"
He is going to attack Ning Fan!
After enduring for more than half a month, the Miao chaos in Huguang was put down, and the next one was the vassal king!
"Your Majesty, it will be difficult to bring Ning Fan down after Zhou Qingshu was charged with this crime. The old minister thought that we should lead him without making any move, and just sit back and watch Ning Fan become arrogant and domineering. When he goes crazy, he will kill him with one more blow!" Li Xian was even more ruthless, and wanted to kill Ning Fan directly!
The vassal was uprooted.
Zhu Qiyu tapped his fingertips, Jiangxi was too far away and beyond reach.
"I agree with what Mr. Li Ge said."
Hu Hui said softly: "Ning Fan is domineering and will not be willing to be lonely. The central government must bear it."
Lin Cong and Wang Hong also agreed.
"Then you can endure it for a while longer?"
Zhu Qiyu didn't want to miss this God-given opportunity: "What about Li Zhen and Chen You leading the army back to Beijing?"
"That's how it should be. With this army beside the couch, Ning Fan will naturally restrain himself a lot. As long as the army returns to the capital, the loophole will naturally come!"
Hu Hui is very scheming.
After all, the reduction of vassal status was unanimously approved by the court.
"Then, according to the words of the old master, I ordered Li Zhen and Chen You to return to Beijing. I happened to buy some grain in Huguang, and Li Zhen led the army to rush the grain to Beijing." Zhu Qiyu was about to say something.
"Xuanzhen 800 miles urgent!"
An urgent report came from outside the palace, and a eunuch ran in quickly holding a military report.
The hearts of the ministers sank to the bottom of the valley inexplicably.
Sure enough, as soon as he read the military report, Hu Xi's eyes went dark.
Defeated, defeated again!
Failed for the third time!
"How could it be defeated? Xuanzhen gathered all the generals of the Ming Dynasty and fought on their own land. How could they be defeated three times in a row?"
Wang Wen eagerly grabbed the military newspaper, glanced at it, and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, there is a ghost in Xuanzang Town!"
When the military report is finished.
The ministers prostrated themselves on the ground.
Zhu Qiyu, as if he had expected it, sighed: "If there is a fourth battle, we will still lose."
"It's impossible, Your Majesty..." Lin Cong was disappointed.
"How is it impossible? We will lose the fifth battle, do you believe it? If we continue to fight, the fate of Tumubao will be right in front of us!"
Zhu Qiyu stood up: "As long as we fight in Xunzhen, we will definitely lose!"
"Look at the date when this military report was sent. It's the third day of the killing night!"
"And it takes three days to deliver the news from Beijing to Xuanzang!"
"You think it's a coincidence or not?"
Hu Bi looked at Li Xian with shock on his face.
Li Xian was confused.
Merchants, aren't they just fat sheep? Chen Xun slaughtered fat sheep like this; when it comes to him, he slaughters fat sheep like this. Can fat sheep bite people?
But Xuanzhen lost three times in three battles, and the defeat was very cowardly. How to explain it?
Moreover, His Majesty concluded ten days ago that Xuanzang would be defeated again.
"Your Majesty, do you suspect that the merchants are taking revenge on the court?" Hu Xi asked tremblingly.
"yes!"
Zhu Qiyu said bluntly: "I have killed all the big merchants in the capital, so Xuanzhen will be defeated. This is my revenge! It is a provocation to the court!"
"I told you before that you didn't believe it. Do you believe it this time?"
Hu Hui still didn't believe it, and all the officials found it incredible.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Feng Xiao.
Feng Xiao took out a secret book from the box.
Circulate it to all officials.
"This is the information that Dongchang Fanzi sent me!"
Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "I arrived last night. I knew last night that Xuanzhen was defeated again! It was one day earlier than the military report. Do you know the reason?"
"It's Ekiden who's also going!"
"For the same eight-hundred-mile expedited journey, it would take the court three days to receive the information, but merchants taking the Ming Dynasty's e-mail only needed two days, which is one day faster than the court!"
"Do you know what the outcome of this will be?"
The officials were horrified, the post was in ruins, and all the ministers in the court just turned a blind eye and pretended to be peaceful.
"The merchants will receive military reports one day earlier than the court."
"Similarly, any decision made by the court will be sent to the hands of the Wala people first!"
"On the contrary, Yu Qian received it one day later than the Wala people!"
"Have you seen Dongchang Fanzi's secret message? Wala knows a lot about the deployment of Xuanzhen. As long as Yu Qian makes a move, he will fall into a trap. If he insists on holding on, there will be a shortage of food and water in the rear. Problems will emerge one after another, and he will be exhausted. There is no way.
Fa concentrates on fighting."
"Dongchang's secret report coincides with Yu Qian's military report. Yu Qian killed many people in Xuan Town, but still couldn't catch the mole."
"Do you know the reason?"
"The mole is not in the military, but among the people!"
"The merchants bribed the common people, and the common people informed the enemy!"
"So, any arrangement Yu Qian makes is in vain!"
"He has become blind and deaf, but the enemy seems to be clairvoyant. Can Yu Qian be undefeated? Even if Yue Wumu is reborn, there is nothing he can do!"
That's right, this secret music came from Mengzhou.
It seems that Mengzhou is still available.
Hu Bi's face was full of shock. When did His Majesty's hand reach Xuanzanzhen?
He even knows that Yu Qian kills people!
Has Dongchang developed to this point?
He also knew that Dongchang had plenty of money and food recently and was recruiting a large number of people among the refugees in Beijing.
Even Jinyiwei, Tiqi, and the Nine Admirals' Mansion are recruiting soldiers aggressively.
With money and food on one hand and men on the other, the imperial power is expanding rapidly.
The Qinglou was handed over to the Qing Dynasty by the Jinyiwei Qing Dynasty, and the Qinglou also fell into the hands of the emperor. It is not yet known how and in what manner it will be opened.
He suddenly felt a sense of fear. The era of Taizong spying on the world seemed to be coming again!
"I have a list in my hand, the authenticity is unknown."
Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao to pass it out and show it only to ministers in the cabinet, and then put it back.
"I plan to send a message to Yu Qian at starry night, asking Yu Qian to rectify the Xuanfu. How can we repel the Wala if there is internal injustice? If we let the Wala take advantage of the Ming Dynasty, how much will our soldiers in the capital lose? How much food will it cost?"
Zhu Qiyu was very helpless: "The military newspaper also said that more than half of the mountains of grain in Xuan Mansion were burned by the fire. How the fire started is beyond my reach and I can't trace it. I can only transfer the grain from somewhere."
Hu Hui glanced at the list and immediately understood that the emperor was cheating.
Because all they are shown is a blank piece of paper.
The emperor deliberately let the wind out, waiting for the merchants to take action on the list. When the time came, he would follow the clues and catch them, wouldn't he?
"Your Majesty, there is insufficient food in the capital. It is difficult to maintain the lives of the people in the capital. How can we transfer food to the Xuanfu?" Hu Hui frowned.
"Let's push for more water transportation. The battle in Xuanzang won't be over for a while. The soldiers can't fight on an empty stomach!" Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed.
What a bullshit fire, is there so much food in Xuanzhen?
Isn’t all the food in Beijing?
Are the things Tiqi searched for stones?
All the officials dared not say a word, they all knew it.
This fire is so weird. The number of the fire was compared with the inspection in Beijing. They are absolutely consistent. It is useless to quibble.
"I heard that the internal funds only collected more than 70,000 taels of silver. How long has it been? More than ten days, right?" Zhu Qiyu's voice was cold.
Sure enough, it came!
The ministers felt a sudden change of heart.
The emperor said that this fire in Xuanzhen was just to get money from corruption!
You are so wise, why don't you return the captured grain to the people? These are all obtained by exploitation.
"Why did you only receive this little money? Are you waiting for Liangxiu Qingfeng?"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly shouted: "Li Xian, you say it first!"
Li Xian, who was named, was shocked and found it difficult to say: "Your Majesty, I have sent the proceeds from corruption to internal funds."
How can dignified scholar-bureaucrats be corrupt? They are all moral gentlemen with noble conduct.
"How much did you pay?"
"Twenty thousand taels, I only got 20,000 taels! It's definitely not more!" Li Xian quickly defended.
"Where is Li Jie? Zhang Zui!"
Zhu Qiyu called out, and Li Jie, who was wearing guard uniform at the door of the palace, trembled. He thought he was being slapped in the mouth.
But Fei Chong pointed at his father.
Only then did Li Jie understand that the emperor asked Li Jie to slap Li Xian?
Son beats father?
Wouldn’t it be harmful to nature?
"Li Jie, are you deaf?" Zhu Qiyu shouted sharply.
Li Jie rolled into the palace and stood in front of Li Xian. Li Xian was still kneeling, but he, his son, was standing.
Snap!
A slap hit Li Xian's face.
Li Xian's face turned red. He was a high-ranking minister, but he was about to be slapped in the face by his own son in public!
Where is the dignity of his prime minister and assistant?
He couldn't help but burst into tears. He missed Chen Xun. At that time, even if the emperor knelt down, it would be fine. Now, oh oh... he just wants to cry.
"Have you not eaten? No energy at all?" Zhu Qiyu's voice was cold.
Snap!
Li Jie didn't dare to hold back, he rounded his arms and slapped his biological father Li Xian hard on the face.
Li Xian screamed, half of his face became red and swollen, and he subconsciously moved his body.
"You still dare to hide?"
Zhu Qiyu shouted: "I asked Li Jie to beat you, and Li Jie represents me. He is not your son Li Jie, but my bodyguard Li Jie. I beat you, but you still dare to hide? Li Xian, this is what the sages teach you."
A reasonable person? Ah?"
"I don't dare, I don't dare." Li Xian suppressed tears.
"Hit! I didn't say stop, so I won't stop!"
Snap!
Li Jie then slapped him hard again. His forehead was covered with sweat. The man he slapped was his own father.
But it was the emperor who asked him to slap his own father.
It's hard to have both loyalty and filial piety, Dad.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were as cold as ice: "You, the great Prime Minister and Assistant Minister, receive more than this amount of money to do some small things. How can you only get this little money from the treasury?"
"I'm giving you a chance to hand it over on your own initiative. Don't be ignorant. When I give you the gift of killing the nine tribes, it will be useless for you to cry for mercy!"
Along with the sound of the slap, Zhu Qiyu's voice was cold and cold.
"Wei Chenjiao! Weichenjiao!" Li Xian's face was red and swollen, and his speech was slurred. This little brat was really beaten.
"How much have you been greedy for?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
Li Xian was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
"Oh, it seems that there is no count. Let me set a number for you? One million taels, I don't want more. This money is not for me, but for the benefit of all people." Zhu Qiyu said.
It sounds grand, but in fact it’s all money invested, so what he does is not based on his mood?
"Ah?" Li Xian exclaimed, where could he get so much money?
"Say less? Then I'll give you two million taels back!"
"No, no, no, it's just one million taels. I'm going to sell the pot, so I'll give you one million taels to make up for it!" Li Xian cried like a fool.
"Hit!" Zhu Qiyu was furious.
Snap!
Li Jie slapped Li Xian hard on the face.
Li Xian has been beaten, why is he still beaten?
"Did you get it for me? You stole it from the treasury!" Zhu Qiyu was furious.
"Yes, yes, the old minister is greedy!" Li Xian kept crying.
He couldn't pretend to be a moral gentleman anymore. The key was that this little brat didn't hold back. The beating was so painful that the corners of his mouth were bleeding.
"What? Are you still wronged? Are you resentful?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
"Don't dare, don't dare. I have no resentment in my heart. What your Majesty punishes is that as the chief minister of the cabinet, I should put the world first and the people first. Your Majesty taught you the right lesson! I am grateful to you before it's too late!"
Li Xian kowtowed repeatedly.
Zhu Qiyu's expression brightened slightly. I asked you to cling to Yan Shenggong. Do I allow you to marry my daughter?
If you want to be the father-in-law of Duke Yansheng, you have to suffer such humiliation!
When I kill Duke Yansheng, I will let you do it yourself!
"Zhang Yi, how much have you been greedy for?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
Zhang Yi was the son-in-law of Zhou Wang Zhu Ji and the husband of Princess Xingyang. His official position in the court was not high, but he was the hub of the vassal kings in Beijing.
His father, Zhang Fu, was originally a member of the Jinyi Guard Qianhu, and was sent by Emperor Taizong to monitor the King of Zhou. As a result, Zhang Fu was bribed, and the King of Zhou married his daughter to Zhang Yi, which made Emperor Taizong very angry at that time.
This Zhang Yi is not very prominent among the nobles, but he has a very high status among the nobles.
Zhang Yi trembled: "Wei, Weichen has been greedy for five thousand taels."
"Drag him out and beat him!"
What about the fool?
Your father-in-law, King Zhou, is extremely rich, and you are the hub of Beijing, so you are just so greedy?
"Your Majesty, my family is poor and I rely on Xingyang's meager salary to support me. Therefore, I have no status in my family. All the courtiers can testify for me. I am absolutely not corrupt!"
Zhang Yi was wronged. He wanted to embezzle from the treasury, but he had no chance.
He took out five thousand taels, which meant that he would lose money and avoid disaster.
Who would have thought that the emperor would never die if he wanted to kill him?
But Zhu Qiyu ignored whether he was wronged or not.
Two guards pushed Zhang Yi out of the hall, and the board was thrown down, leaving only Zhang Yi's screams.
The guards currently on duty in the palace are all stupid, and their attacks are insignificant. Within a few blows, Zhang Yi died.
Seeing Zhang Yi beaten to death, Li Xian was extremely happy.
"You are corrupt and perverting the law. If you are caught by me and you still refuse to admit it, you deserve to be beaten to death!"
Zhu Qiyu said calmly: "In addition to the title of Princess Xingyang, the title will be revoked, and we will go to Dongchang to raid the house. The proceeds from the raid will be added to the internal funds!"
Zhang Yi's home is not in Beijing, so he probably won't be able to copy anything.
But the emperor is killing the chicken to scare the monkeys!
With Zhang Yi's death, I will destroy the dishonest relatives. If you don't pay the money obediently, your family will be destroyed. I will kill even my relatives, let alone you and others?
"I will go home immediately and return the money gained from corruption to my family immediately!" Lin Cong kowtowed immediately.
All the officials followed and shouted.
"It's been ten days. What have you been thinking about these ten days?"
"How can I feel comfortable if you ask me to stop as soon as I kill someone?"
"Isn't that right, Xiao Weizhen!"
Zhu Qiyu looked at Xiao Weizhen suddenly. This Xiao Weizhen is not clear with the Shanxi merchants. I have spared you twice, but you are still not honest and obedient?
"Your Majesty, I have donated all my family property. I and Zhuo Jing stayed at my wife's brother's house and really lost everything!" Xiao Weizhen cried.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Hu Hui.
Hu Bi said that Xiao Weizhen had handed over the land deeds and house deeds.
He glared at Feng Xiao, wondering why he didn't reply in advance.
Feng Xiao is also unjust. Who knew you would take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents? Xiao Weizhen is quite honest and obedient, so let him go.
"Ahem!"
Having made a mistake, Zhu Qiyu coughed: "I will give you three more days to take out all your illegal gains!"
It has changed again, illegal income includes money from gifts!
Nowadays, among the officials in the capital, the trend of giving gifts on the occasion, such as ice ceremony, carbon ceremony, farewell ceremony, water ceremony, and group party, is very popular.
The ice ceremony is the money spent on buying ice to cool off in the summer; the carbon ceremony is the money spent on burning charcoal in the winter; the farewell ceremony is the parting fee when leaving the capital; the water ceremony is the money given during the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival; the group worship is the gift given to each other from fellow townsmen and the same year. money.
Even today's Luming Banquet and Qionglin Banquet have become opportunities to blatantly accept gifts.
In order to show the scholar's elegance, the actual number is not written, but code words are written, such as the eight rhymes of the plum poem, the official at forty, the axis of the hundred life picture, the crossing of Mengjin, the famous sutra of Thousand Buddhas, etc.
This is just a gift money for ordinary interactions.
Special services were also clearly marked with prices, and the price for each service was very high. All the princes in the court were so pleased with the price.
Now, the emperor asked them to take it all out.
It feels so good when you take it in, but so painful when you take it out!
Who dares to disobey the emperor!
Look at Li Xian, look at Zhang Yi, why do you need so much money, emperor?
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